4-H Youth Development

Tioga County 4-H GROWS!

Enrollment is Open

for the 2025 - 2026 4-H Project Year in Tioga County 4-H

Click this link for the Enrollment Packet

2025-2026 Youth Enrollment Packet for Tioga County 4-H

4-H PROGRAM AGES:

The age cutoff date is January 1 of the current 4-H year. For the 2025-2026 4-H year, that would be January 1, 2026.

Cloverbud 4-H member: youth 5 to 7 years old

Junior 4-H member: youth 8 to 13 years old

Senior 4-H member: youth 14 to 18 years old

Tioga County 4-H Membership Policies 2025 - 2026

Re-enroll from October 1, 2025 - February 1, 2026

New Enrollment is open year-round however March 1, 2026 is the deadline to participate fully at the

Tioga County Fair and some other 4-H activities.

4-H CLUB MEMBER PARTICIPATION

The 4-H program is designed to allow youth and parents to work together. Qualified, caring adults act as advisers, guides and mentors. 4-H youth strive to build knowledge, skills and positive attitudes. It is imperative that the 4-H youth complete their own work throughout all projects. 4-H youth are required to attend a minimum of six (6) 4-H Club meetings each year.

4-H PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

All youth from ages 5 to 18 as of January 1, 2025 are welcome to enroll.

Youth must be enrolled in the 4-H Program before the beginning of their selected project(s).

4-H members must be under the guidance of a club leader, parent or project leader.

Parents are required to be at all meetings with their 4-H children.

4-H members must turn in one completed project record book that contains quality records for

each completed 4-H project each year in order to receive credit for a completed 4-H year and completed 4-H projects. Project books are turned in 2 times a year. First at the county fair and then completed by September 15th in order to receive credit for a completed 4-H year and completed 4-H projects.

4-H COUNTY FAIR PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS

4-H members must have participated in and documented six (6) educational experiences

during the club year. Educational experiences include: club meetings, state events (i.e., Animal Crackers, March Dog Madness, etc.), and county workshops/ clinics.

4-H members must also have completed all trainings, evaluations or clinics that are required for their specific project (i.e., horse evaluations, dog classes, shooting sports training classes, workshops, etc.).

Project books must be entered via Fair Entry to be judged at the Tioga County Fair in order

for a youth to participate in any way at the Tioga County Fair.

Links for the 2025 County Fair

NYS Animal Health Requirements for Admission to NYS & County Fairs

2025 4-H Project Book with Market Animal Insert Fillable PDF Format

2025 4-H Project Book with Market Insert Not Fillable

2025 4-H Horse Project Record Book

2025 Additional 4-H Project Summary Sheets for project record books

2025 Animal Science Rulebook for County Fair

2025 Youth Building Project Rulebook

2025 Tioga County Fair Schedule

2025 Pork Chop BBQ Flyer

Youth Livestock Auction Bryans Beef Cut Sheet

Youth Livestock Auction- Bryans Pork Cut Sheet

Youth Livestock Maple Creek Poultry Processing Link

Clover Cafe Volunteer Sign Up

Camping Agreement for Tioga County Fair 2025

Species Specific Showing Information

Rabbit Showmanship Score Card

Are you interested in Animal Science shows and contests at the NYS Fair? Here are the resources to help you! REMEMBER THE DEADLINE TO ENTER THE NYS FAIR is AUGUST 2.

Robyn Estrella our 4-H Lead is happy to help you with NYS Details too. rle27@cornell.edu

NYS Fair Animal Science Shows and Contests Master Schedule

NYS 4-H Horse

NYS Fair 4-H Horse Rule Book

NYS Youth Dairy

NYS Fair Youth Swine

NYS Fair Youth Beef

NYS Fair Youth Poultry

NYS Fair Youth Poultry Science Contest

NYS Fair Youth Goat Show

NYS Fair Youth Rabbit Show

Green and Black Minimalist Animated Business Advertising Mobile Video by Robyn Estrella

Our Tioga County 4-H youth have gained a world of experience while raising your best meat! 

The market animals benefit too! They live a life being loved and well cared for. Youth learn that providing ideal living conditions will reduce stress and aid in digestion, which in turn produces the best quality animal products. Keeping animals cool, well hydrated and clean are all part of the daily routine of raising quality 4-H market animals. Determining which feed will produce the best meat. while maintaining optimal animal health is a large part of a successful 4-H Market Animal Project.

2025 Livestock Auction Schedule 

4:30pm Market Animal Preview and an opportunity to meet the youth raisers. 

5:30pm 4-H Herdsman and Pen Decorating Awards

6:00pm The Youth Livestock Auction Begins

Last updated October 10, 2025